"Never let the horns out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud." Richard Strauss
Luckily not everyone thinks like Strauss, thank goodness! Browse our sheet music, tuition books & scores, and whether you are after Horn for Beginners, Jazz Horn, or Concert Pieces for Horn, we have a wide range of styles and genres, and there’s something for everybody!
The horn is a brass instrument used primarily in classical music. It is often referred to as the French horn or ’corno’ in orchestral repertoire. Historically, people used animal horns to call to one and other, and they soon started replicating this natural design out of metal, creating the first Hunting Horns, and Natural Horns. These horns had no valves, and played only natural tones.
In the 16th Century, horns were first developed into musical instruments. Although there were many permutations of the horn throughout music history, the design we recognise today has a funnel mouthpiece, valves, and a wide-ranging bell. Did you know that if you straightened out the horn, it would stretch to almost four meters?
The horn was used very differently, depending on its stage of development, and the era. It ranges from hunting motifs in the Baroque and Classical periods, to long, melodic phrases in the late Romantic period. At that time, Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner, Richard Wagner and above all Richard Strauss wrote much more complex parts for the horn, and they wrote for up to 12 horns in their orchestral works.
As a chamber instrument, the horn not only plays a big role within brass ensembles, but is often paired up with woodwind and string ensembles, to give depth and warmth to the sound. A few famous examples are the Telemann Concerto a Tre for Horn, Recorder & Basso Continuo, the Brahms Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings.
As a solo instrument, among the most famous works are Handel’s Horn Concertos, Mozart’s Horn Concertos and Richard Strauss’ Concertos for Horn.
Horn Early elementary-intermediate
Grades 1–5
for: Horn
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1560897
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1558688
Schule für Horn in F
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1343010
Grundlagen – Tipps – Übungen – Hörbeispiele
for: Instrument [voice]
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1550479
Méthode de Cor (Fa)
for: Horn
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1549446
from 'Once upon a Time in America'
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317343
Posaunenwerk der EKM
Spiralbindung
for: 2 wind instruments
Ensemble score (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 1023700
Suite for horn quartet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021561
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1021507
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1014987
Original Works and Arrangements for Church Service and Concert
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 817360
Online recordings and playalongs
for: Horn (F)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 780657
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 780564
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass instrument (B-flat) (treble clef), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 779017
Jedes Tier zeigt dir seinen Rhythmus
Für jeglichen musikalischen Basisunterricht in Musikschule, Grundschule und Kindergarten
for: Instrument [voice]
Music score
Item no.: 778535
50 Stücke und Ideen für den Musikunterricht ohne Singen
for: Instrument
Music Teaching Book, CD, App
Item no.: 778378
10 Original Duets for Horn
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 776512
Kleine Werke aus großen Bühnenhits
for: Horn
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 861345
6-10 ans et plus!
20 pièces
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (app)
Item no.: 1126872
Fin cycle (facile)
for: Hunting horn
Music score
Item no.: 775106
for: Hunting horn
Music score
Item no.: 775108
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 775107
for: Hunting horn
Music score
Item no.: 775094
Fin cycle 3 (intermédiaire)
pour trompe de chasse en ré et piano
for: Hunting horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 775096
Basic sock color black with woven horn
for: Horn
Socks
Item no.: 772650
199 Übungen für alle Instrumente
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 771730
Sehr leichte bis leichte Weihnachtslieder
for: 1–2 horns (F)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 770417
36 Christmas Songs
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Music score
Item no.: 764950
Fehlinterpretationen und Artikulation und Intonation für Bläser, Sänger und Sprecher
for: Wind instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 745880
A Must-Have Collection of well-known Songs, including many Horn Features!
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 697234
Das Spielbuch mit Lerneffekt
for: Horn (F)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 696916
for Horn in E flat and F
with additional, marked Horn part in E flat
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696707
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696049
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696047
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 694936
Easy Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 693713
Instrumental Folio
for: Horn
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 693561
Band 3: 26 melodische Herausforderungen
for: Horn (F)
Music score
Item no.: 693337
Solos, Duets & Trios for Winds
Flexible Arrangements for Multiple Combinations of Wind Instruments
for: 1–3 horns (F)
Music score, online media
Item no.: 691827
Experimental Playing Techniques for Brass lnstruments
for: Brass instrument
Book, CD-ROM
Item no.: 689662
for: Horn (E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687774
pour cor en fa et piano
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 685491
für zwei Instrumente im Violinschlüssel (Klavier ad lib.)
for: 2 melodic instruments (treble clef); piano ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 684180
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682409
Magnetisch
for: Instrument
Bookmark
Item no.: 681408
For all Instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 680551
13 iconic Themes for Horn solo
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 680061
Instrumental Solos
Songs and Themes from the latest Movies and Television Shows
Alfred's Instrumental Play-Along
for: Horn (F)
Music score, playback-CD (mp3)
Item no.: 679815
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